Therapeutic class - method of organizing drugs based on their therapeutic usefulness in treating a particular disease
Pharmacologic class - refers to how an agent works at the molecular, tissue, and body system level
Chemical - strict chemical nomenclature used for naming drugs established...
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Therapeutic class - ✅✅ method of organizing drugs based on their therapeutic usefulness in treating a particular disease
Pharmacologic class - ✅✅ refers to how an agent works at the molecular, tissue, and body system level
Chemical - ✅✅ strict chemical nomenclature used for naming drugs established by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
Generic - ✅✅ non proprietary name of a drug or psychological need for a substance
Trade - ✅✅ proprietary name of a drug assigned by the manufacturer, also called the brand name or product name
Scheduled drugs - ✅✅ term describing a drug placed into one of the 5 categories based on its potential for misuse or abuse
Schedule 1 drugs - ✅✅ drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse
Most dangerous
Ex: heroin, marijuana
Schedule 2 drugs - ✅✅ High potential for abuse and have medical use with severe
restrictions
Ex: cocaine, meth, oxycodone
Schedule 3 drugs - ✅✅ Less potential for abuse and currently accepted medical use
Ex: testosterone, anabolic steroids
Schedule 4 drugs - ✅✅ • Lower abuse potential than schedule 3 drugs, accepted medical uses, limited physical or psychological dependence
Ex: xanax, valium, talwin Schedule 5 drugs - ✅✅ generally used for antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic
purposes
Category A - ✅✅ no risk to fetus
Category B - ✅✅ Animal reproduction studies have failed to demonstrate a risk to
the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women.
Category C - ✅✅ Animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential
risks.
Category D - ✅✅ There is positive evidence of human fetal risk based on adverse reaction data from investigational or marketing experience or studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential risks.
Category X - ✅✅ Fetal abnormalities have been reported, and positive evidence of fetal risk in humans is available from animal and/or human studies. These drugs are not to be used in pregnant women.
Pharmacology - ✅✅ scientific study of the organ, nature, chemistry, effects, and use of drugs
Therapeutics - ✅✅ the use of drugs and the method of their administration
Drugs - ✅✅ a chemical that interacts with proteins in the body to affect physiological functions
Herbal - ✅✅ plant or plant part used for therapeutic properties
Supplement - ✅✅ the use of vitamins and minerals for treatment
Prescription - ✅✅ drugs the federal government identifies as harmful if there is no
supervision of admin
OTC - ✅✅ do not require prescriptions and are safe to take without supervision
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